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ReviewNon-Fiction
The Lumumba Plot — the truth behind the killing of an African icon
...Masterfully stitching together testimonies like these as well as interviews, investigations, diplomatic cables and a thorough assessment of a range of declassified files, the book often reads like a John...
November 28, 2023
FT Magazine
The 60-year, 4,000-mile journey home of Lumumba’s tooth
...“Imagine that the assassins of John Fitzgerald Kennedy come to tell you how they killed him and kept a tooth or a finger. How would Americans feel?”...
January 27, 2023
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
ReviewNon-Fiction
The unintended memoirs of Paul Newman and Alan Rickman
...The director John Huston went further, calling his friend “a moral and ethical man. Superb in every way.” Many would agree....
November 17, 2022
FT Magazine
Belgium’s reckoning with a brutal history in Congo
...That commission was sparked by Ludo de Witte’s 1999 book The Assassination of Lumumba....
November 13, 2020
News in-depthThe Big Read
US politics: Donald Trump’s tribal advantage over Richard Nixon
...Figures such as John Dean, the White House counsel under Nixon who turned against the president and was accused this week by Mr Trump of being a “rat”, were convicted of crimes carried out at Nixon’s behest...
August 24, 2018
FT Swamp Notes
The war on obnoxiousness
...As for other reading, my colleague John Thornhill wrote an excellent column on how users can tilt the balance against Big Tech....
February 8, 2018
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
US politics & policy
Comey keeps FBI job but stays in the line of fire
...asks Mr Wittes, alluding to a lack of evidence backing the president’s assertion that up to 5m illegal votes were cast in November....
January 26, 2017
News in-depthUS presidential election
James Comey faces formidable task restoring FBI’s standing
...“The FBI director’s personal reputation is not what it was a year ago,” said Benjamin Wittes, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution....
November 7, 2016
News in-depthThe Big Read
Cyber insecurity: Hacking back
...But for John Strand, these attacks have been great for business....
July 27, 2015
World
Israel-US relations battered by split over Iran
...Speaking in Dubai on Monday, John Kerry, US secretary of state, warned Israel that “the time to oppose is when you see what it is”....
November 13, 2013
News in-depthWorld
Spying: Too much information
...John Kerry, the secretary of state, admitted on Thursday that the agency had been operating on “automatic pilot”....
November 1, 2013
Syrian crisis
Iraq fears spread of Syrian violence
...On a trip here last week, John Kerry, secretary of state, lobbied Mr Maliki to stop allowing Iran to move arms and fighters through Iraq and into Syria to bolster Mr Assad’s government....
March 27, 2013
Tax
Museums cheer art donor tax break
...The scheme, introduced a century ago, has been used to secure works such as John Constable’s “Stratford Mill” and Pablo Picasso’s “Weeping Woman” for the nation....
December 2, 2011
Retail & Consumer industry
Business puts weight behind fight against binge drinking
...Director of Treasury Wine Estates EMEA David Poley, Chief Executive, The Portman Group Charles Bartholomew, Chairman, Wadworth Co Graham Stevenson, Managing Director, Inver House Distillers Mark De Witte...
September 7, 2010
US & Canadian companies
GE plans tonic for healthcare inefficiency
...Jan De Witte, who will run the unit, said it had achieved some successes so far....
June 11, 2010
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
News in-depthThe Big Read
Subprime swing: Politicians seek answers to US housing crisis
...They almost act as if they don’t own the property,” Mr Witte says. But Mr Witte’s anger may be misplaced....
January 15, 2008

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